This Advocacy Note proposes twenty principles that should inform any regulatory framework for cannabis markets, whether for medical or for adult non-medical use. They are arranged in five categories (IDPC)
Bibliography: International Policy Issues
GDS: the world’s largest drug survey
The GDS Special Edition on COVID-19 was developed as part of a global effort to better understand the impact of the pandemic on people’s lives with a specific focus on the use of alcohol and other drugs, mental health and relationships
WHO cannabis rescheduling and its relevance for the Caribbean
Following its first-ever critical review of cannabis, in January 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a collection of formal recommendations to reschedule cannabis and cannabis-related substances. 53 member states of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), two of which are Caribbean states, are set to vote on these recommendations in December 2020 (tni)
The new EU Agenda and Action Plan on Drugs 2021-2025
On the path toward building up its internal security, on 24 July 2020, the European Commission adopted a new EU Agenda and Action Plan on Drugs 2021-2025
World Drug Report 2020
Presented in six separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2020 provides a wealth of information and analysis to support the international community in implementing operational recommendations on a number of commitments made by Member States, including the recommendations contained in the outcome document of the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem, held in 2016 (UNODC)
Synthetic Drugs in East and Southeast Asia (PDF)
Latest developments and challenges (UNODC)
NODC report on East and Southeast Asia
Continued growth in the supply of methamphetamine while synthetic opioids spread – Download (UNODC)
The Uruguay – West Africa trafficking connection. An urgent need for closer cooperation and policy exchange (PDF)
Uruguay’s emergence as a transit route for cocaine provides new challenges to international law enforcement cooperation and creates greater need for setting up secure channels of communication between Uruguayan and West African law enforcement (Gdpo)
Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets
January 2019 – January 2020 (NDARC)
Seoul Searching
South Korea’s AI Counter-Cryptomarket Capability and Associated Privacy Dilemmas (gdpo)
A review of legislative initiatives on the liability of drug-related advocacy (propaganda) in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan during the second half of 2019 and early 2020
possible risks for social programmes aimed at working with people who use drugs (ehra)
EMCDDA publishes update on the implications of COVID-19 for people who use drugs and for drug service providers
What specific risks are people who use drugs (PWUD) likely to face during the COVID-19 pandemic? What services will they need? How will professionals working with this group need to adapt on the frontline? (EMCDDA)
Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study (Perspectives on drugs)
The results provide a valuable snapshot of the drug flow through the cities involved, revealing marked geographical variations (EMCDDA)
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences 2019
This report, our ninth on the subject, continues our work of providing regular updates on legislative, policy and practical developments related to the use of capital punishment for drug offences, a practice which is a clear violation of international law (Harm Reduction International)
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2019
The thematic chapter of the INCB annual report for 2019 focuses on improving prevention and treatment services for young people (International Narcotics Control Board)
Programming document 2020-22
The Programming Document 2020-22 translates the long-term priorities defined by the EMCDDA Strategy 2025 into short-term operational priorities
Monitoring and evaluating changes in cannabis policies: insights from the Americas
This report provides an overview of the changes in cannabis policies in the Americas and the evidence emerging from evaluations of their impact (EMCDDA)
EU Drug Markets Report 2019
EMCDDA Director presents EU Drug Markets Report 2019 at European Parliament — ‘a clear wake-up call for policymakers’
EMCDDA operating guidelines for the European Union Early Warning System on new psychoactive substances
These guidelines provide the rationale, steps, procedures, roles, and responsibilities for the operation of the EU Early Warning System (EMCDDA)
UN Common Position on drug policy – Consolidating system-wide coherence
This briefing paper reconstructs the long and troubled process that led to the adoption of this ground-breaking UN System Common Position (TNI)
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